Professor SONG, Chunshan （宋春山教授）

Dean of Science

Wei Lun Professor of Chemistry

Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACSF)

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

    Room G36 Science Centre

    (852) 3943 1133

    (852) 2603 5315

    chunshansong@cuhk.edu.hk

   Prof. Song’s Research Group

0000-0003-2344-9911

Education

Work Experience

Research Interests

Catalysis and Chemistry of Energy and Fuels;

Capture, Conversion and Utilization of CO₂;

1. Separation of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and selective capture of H2S, SO2, NO2 and NH3 from various gas streams
2. Catalysis for CO₂conversion to fuels and chemicals and non-thermal plasma catalytic conversion of CO2, SO2, and H2S gases
3. Shape-selective catalysis for chemicals synthesis
4. Catalysis & reaction chemistry for energy conversion
5. Selective adsorption in fuel processing for ultra-clean fuels and fuel cells
6. Reforming of hydrocarbon and alcohol for syngas and H₂production
7. Synthesis & application of nano-porous catalytic and (ad)sorbent materials

Honours and Awards

• 2024 Distinguished Fellow, International Association for Carbon Capture, UK
• 2024 Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK
• 2024 World’s Top 2% Most Cited Scientists; Top 50 in the sub-field of Energy
• 2024 Honorary Professor, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), China
• 2023 World’s Top 2% Most Cited Scientists; Top 50 in the sub-field of Energy
• 2022 Outstanding Achievement Award, Chinese American Chemical Society, USA
• 2022 World’s Top 2% Most Cited Scientists; Top 50 in the sub-field of Energy
• 2021 World’s Top 2% Most Cited Scientists; Top 50 in the sub-field of Energy
• 2019 George A. Olah Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
• 2019 Alumni of the Year Award, Dalian University of Technology, China
• 2017 Honorary Professor, Tianjin University, China
• 2017 Global Alumni Fellow, Osaka University, Japan
• 2016 The Most Cited Researchers in Energy Science and Engineering, Elsevier and Shanghai Ranking
• 2016 The Most Cited Researchers in Chemical Engineering, Elsevier and Shanghai Ranking
• 2011 Faculty Scholar Medal, The Pennsylvania State University
• 2011 Distinguished Researcher Award, ACS Energy & Fuels Division
• 2011 Excellence in Catalysis Award, Catalysis Club of Philadelphia, NACS
• 2010 Henry H. Storch Award, American Chemical Society
• 2010 Fellow of American Chemical Society
• 2010 Distinguished Professor, The Pennsylvania State University
• 2007 Herman Pines Award in Catalysis, Chicago Catalysis Club, NACS
• 2006 Chang Jiang Scholar Award, Ministry of Education, China
• 2006 Faculty Mentoring Award, The Pennsylvania State University
• 2004 Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award, US Department of State
• 2003 Outstanding Scholars Overseas Award from Chinese Academy of Science
• 2000 Wilson Award for Outstanding Research, The Pennsylvania State University
• 1998 NEDO Fellowship Award, NEDO, Japan
• 1995 Materials Science and Engineering Service Award, The Pennsylvania State University

Professional Activities

• Chair of Awards Committee, Energy and Fuels Division of American Chemical Society (2021-present)
• Chair of International Scientific Committee for International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization (ICCDU, 2013-present)
• International Advisory Committee, the State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, 2023-2027.
• Chair of Selection Committee for Distinguished Researcher Award, Energy and Fuels Division of American Chemical Society (2012-present)
• Co-Chair of ACS Symposium on CO₂ Conversion and Utilization I. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Division of Energy and Fuels, San Diego, CA, Mar 23-27, 2025.
• Co-Chair of Symposium #22 CCUS and Sustainable Development of Chemical Engineering. 12^th World Congress of Chemical Engineering and 21^st Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress 2025, Beijing, China, Jul 14-18, 2025.
• Co-chair for International Graduate Student Symposium on Separation and Purification Technology, International Congress on Separation and Purification Technology (IGSS-SPT 2024), Zhengzhou, Henan, China, Jul 7-11, 2024.
• Conference Co-Chair, 21^st International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization (ICCDU-XXI), Dalian, China, June 17-21, 2024.
• Conference Chair, International Conference on Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences for Carbon Neutrality (ICE3SCN). Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, Dec 1-5, 2023.
• Co-chair of Organizing Committee, NSFC-CUHK Joint Symposium on New Energy and New Materials, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, Nov 30-Dec 1, 2023.
• Co-chair, Session Series #21 “二氧化碳资源化利用”, 33^rd Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) National Meeting, Qingdao, China, June 17-20, 2023.
• Co-chair and Co-organizer, Plenary Session on Advances in Clean Energy R&D. Area 23C, Session ID: 46612. AIChE Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov 7-12, 2021
• Co-chair and Co-organizer, Plenary Session for Topical Conference on Advances in Fossil Energy Research. AIChE Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency, Orlando, FL, Nov 10-15, 2019.
• Co-chair and Co-organizer, Plenary Session for Topical Conference on Advances in Fossil Energy Research. AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct 28-Nov 2, 2018.
• Co-chair and Co-organizer, Plenary Session for Advances in Fossil Energy Research Symposium Series. AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Oct 29-Nov 3, 2017.
• Co-Chair of 24^th North American Catalysis Society Biennial Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, June 16-20, 2015.
• Conference Chair, 12^th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization (ICCDU-XII), Alexandria, VA, USA, June 23-27, 2013.
• Academic Committee for Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM) consisting of Fudan University, Xiamen University, China University of Science & Technology and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China, 2015-2019.
• International Advisory Board, the State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, 2015-2020.
• International Advisory Board, the State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, China, 2018-2022.
• Editor in Chief, “Advances in Catalysis”, Elsevier, 2016-2020.
• Advisory Editor, “Journal of CO₂ Utilization”, Elsevier, 2012-present.
• Associate Editor in Chief, “Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering”, Springer, 2018-present.
• Editorial Advisory Board for “Energy & Fuels” (American Chemical Society

journal, 2001-present); “Applied Catalysis B: Environmental” (Elsevier, 2009-2016); “Catalysis Today” (Elsevier, 2006-present); “Chinese Journal of Catalysis” (English journal by Elsevier, 2010-present); “Green Energy & Environment” (Elsevier and CSPM, 2016-present); “Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology” (Wiley, 2011-present); “Chemical Engineering & Technology” (Wiley-VCH, 2011-present); “International Journal of Coal Science and Technology” (Springer, 2014-present); “Research on Chemical Intermediates” (Springer, 2004-present); “Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology” (CAS, 2005-present); “RSC Catalysis Series” (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2007-present).

Representative Publications

• JM Wu, KY Li*, B Zhou, R Li, SY Yan, JX Liu, HN Shi, CS Song, XW Guo*. Bottom-Up Strategy to Enhance Long-Range Order of Poly(Heptazine Imide) Nanorods for Efficient Photocatalytic CO2 Methanation. Angew. Chem. Inter. Ed. 2025, in press.
• L Wang, HY Wang, H Huang, T Yun, CS Song*, C. Shi*. Transition Metal Carbides: Emerging CO2 Hydrogenation Catalysts, from Recent Advance to Future Exploration. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34 (7), 2309850:1-31.
• MR Wang, GH Zhang*, H Wang, Z Wang, Y Zhou, XW Nie, BH Yin, CS Song*, XW Guo*. Understanding and Tuning the Effects of H2O on Catalytic CO and CO2 Hydrogenation. Chem. Rev. 2024, 124 (21), 12006−12085.
• ZY Xu, RH Lu, ZY Lin, WX Wu, HJ Tsai, Q Lu, Yuguang C. Li, SF Hung*, CS Song, JC Yu, ZY Wang*, Y Wang*. Electroreduction of CO2 to Methane with Triazole Molecular Catalysts. Nature Energy 2024, 9 (11), 1397–1406.
• S Wang, XW Nie*, CS Song*, XW Guo*. Computational Identification of High-Efficiency Dual-Metal-Atom-Modified Ti-Metal–Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to Value-Added Chemicals. CCS Chem. 2024, 6 (12), 3018-3029.
• W Wu, L Xu, Q Lu, J Sun, Z Xu, CS Song, JC Yu, Y Wang*. Addressing the Carbonate Issue: Electrocatalysts for Acidic CO2 Reduction Reaction. Adv. Mater. 2024, 2312894, 1-33.
• XX Wang, CS Song*. “Developing High-Capacity Solid “Molecular Basket” Sorbents for Selective CO2 Capture and Separation”. Acc. Chem. Res. 2023, 56 (23), 3358–3368.
• XY He, XT Gao, YJ Ding, ZN Huang, M Liu, MF Chi, ZL Wu, CU Segre, CS Song*, X Wang*, XW Guo*. Engineering a Self-grown TiO2/Ti-MOF Heterojunction with Selectively Anchored High-density Pt Single-atomic Cocatalysts for Efficient Visible-light-driven Hydrogen Evolution. Angew. Chem. Inter. Ed. 2023, 62 (25), e202217439: 1-9
• MR Wang, P Wang, G Zhang*, Z Cheng, M Zhang, Y Liu, R Li, J Zhu, J Wang, K Bian, Y Liu, FS Ding, TP Senftle*, XW Nie, Q Fu, CS Song*, XW Guo*. Stabilizing Co2C with H2O and K Promoter for CO2 Hydrogenation to C2+ Hydrocarbons. Sci. Adv. 2023, 9 (24), eadg0167: 1-14
• XY He, XT Gao, X Chen, S Hu, FC Tan, YJ Xiong, R Long, M Liu, ECM Tse, F Wei, H Yang*, JG Hou*, CS Song*, XW Guo*. Dual-Optimization Strategy Engineered Ti-based Metal-Organic Framework with Fe Active Sites for Highly-Selective CO2 Photoreduction to Formic Acid. Appl. Catal. B: Env. 2023, 327, 122418: 1-11
• JJ Wang, XX Wang, MS AlQahtani, SD Knecht, SG Bilén, W Chu, CS Song*. Synergetic Effect of Non-thermal Plasma and Supported Cobalt Catalyst in Plasma-enhanced CO2 Hydrogenation. Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 451, 138661.
• J. Du, HN Shi, JM Wu, KY Li*, CS Song*, XW Guo*. Interface and Defect Engineering of a Hollow TiO2@ZnIn2S4 Heterojunction for Highly Enhanced CO2 Photoreduction Activity. ACS Sust. Chem. Eng. 2023, 11(6), 2531-2540.
• XY Li, H He N Evangelou, NJ Wichrowski, P Lu, WQ Xu, SJ Hwang, WY Zhao, CS Song, XW Guo, A Bhan*, IG Kevrekidis*, M Tsapatsis*. Machine Learning-assisted Crystal Engineering of a Zeolite. Nature Commun. 2023, 14 (1), 3152: 1-12
• JX Zhang, AJ Zhou, K Gawande, GX Li, SJ Shang, CY Dai, W Fan, Y Han, CS Song, LM Ren, AF Zhang*, XW Guo*. b-Axis-Oriented ZSM-5 Nanosheets for Efficient Alkylation of Benzene with Methanol: Synergy of Acid Sites and Diffusion. ACS Catal. 2023, 13 (6), 3794-3805
• WH Li, XW Nie, H Yang, X Wang, F Polo-Garzon, Z Wu, J Zhu, J Wang, Y Liu, C Shi, XW Guo*, CS Song*. Crystallographic Dependence of CO2 Hydrogenation Pathways over HCP-Co and FCC-Co Catalysts. Appl. Catal. B: Env. 2022, 315, 121529.
• W Bi, Y Tang, X Li, C Dai*, CS Song, X Guo, X Ma. One-step Direct Conversion of Methane to Methanol with Water in Non-thermal Plasma. Commun. Chem. 2022, 5 (1), 124:1-6.
• J Zhu, P Wang, X Zhang, G Zhang, R Li, W Li, TP Senftle, W Liu, J Wang, YL Wang, AF Zhang, Q Fu, CS Song*, XW Guo*. Dynamic Structural Evolution of Iron Catalysts Involving Competitive Oxidation and Carburization during CO2 Hydrogenation. Sci. Adv. 2022, 8 (5), eabm3629: 1-12.
• JX Zhang, LM Ren, AJ Zhou, W Li, S Shang, Y Liu, Z Jia, W Liu, AF Zhang*, XW Guo*, CS Song*. Tailored Synthesis of ZSM-5 Nanosheets with Controllable b-Axis Thickness and Aspect Ratio: Strategy and Growth Mechanism. Chem. Mater. 2022, 34 (7), 3217-3226.
• HZ Wang, XW Nie*, Y Liu, MJ Janik, XP Han*, Y Deng, W Hu, CS Song, XW Guo*. Mechanistic Insight into Hydrocarbon Synthesis via CO2 Hydrogenation on χ-Fe5C2 Catalysts. ACS Appl. Mater. Interf. 2022, 14 (33), 37637-37651.
• K Bian, GH Zhang*, J Zhu, X Wang, MR Wang, FJ Lou, Y Liu, CS Song*, XW Guo*. Promoting Propane Dehydrogenation with CO2 over the PtFe Bimetallic Catalyst by Eliminating the Non-selective Fe(0) Phase. ACS Catal. 2022, 12 (11), 6559-6569.
• JY Wang, GH Zhang, J Zhu, XB Zhang, FS Ding, AF Zhang, XW Guo*, CS Song*. CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over In2O3-based Catalysts: from Mechanism to Catalyst Development. ACS Catal. 2021, 11 (3), 1406-1423.
• MS AlQahtani, XX Wang, SD Knecht, SG Bilen, CS Song*. Plasma-Enhanced Catalytic Reduction of SO2: Decoupling Plasma-Induced Surface Reaction from Plasma-Phase Reaction. Appl. Catal. B: Env. 2021, 286, 119852: 1-12.
• JJ Wang, MS AlQahtani, XX Wang*, SD Knecht, SG Bilén, CS Song*, W Chu. One-Step Plasma-Enabled Catalytic Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Higher Hydrocarbons: Significance of Catalyst-Bed Configuration. Green Chem. 2021, 23, 1642-1647.
• SF An, GH Zhang, KY Li, ZN Huang, X Wang, Y Guo, J Hou*, CS Song, XW Guo*. Self‐supporting 3D Carbon Nitride with Tunable n→ π* Electronic Transition for Enhanced Solar Hydrogen Production. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33 (49), 2104361:1-19.
• J Huang, SY Jiang, M Wang, XX Wang, J Gao*, CS Song*. Dynamic Evolution of Fe and Carbon Species over Different ZrO2 Supports during CO Prereduction and Their Effects on CO2 Hydrogenation to Light Olefins. ACS Sust. Chem. Eng. 2021, 9 (23), 7891-7903.
• HJ Kim, CS Song*. A Refined Design Concept for Sulfur-tolerant Pd catalyst Supported on Zeolite by Shape-selective Exclusion and Hydrogen Spillover for Hydrogenation of Aromatics. J. Catal. 2021, 403, 203-214.
• X Jiang, XW Nie, XW Guo*, CS Song*, JG Chen, JG.* Recent Advances in Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methanol via Heterogeneous Catalysis. Chem. Rev. 2020, 120 (15), 7984-8034.
• JY Wang, CY Liu, TP Senftle, J Zhu, G Zhang, XW Guo*, CS Song*. Variation in In2O3 Crystal Phase Alters Catalytic Performance toward the Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction. ACS Catal. 2020, 10 (5), 3264-3273.
• J Zhu, GH Zhang, W Li, X Zhang, FS Ding, CS Song*, XW Guo*. Deconvolution of the Particle Size Effect on CO2 Hydrogenation over Iron-Based Catalysts. ACS Catal. 2020, 10 (13), 7424-7433.
• MS AlQahtani, SD Knecht, X Wang, SG Bilén, CS Song*. One-step Low-temperature Reduction of Sulfur Dioxide to Elemental Sulfur by Plasma-enhanced Catalysis. ACS Catal. 2020, 10 (9), 5272-5277
• F Lou, A Zhang, G Zhang, L Ren, XW Guo*, CS Song*. Enhanced Kinetics for CO2 Sorption in Amine-functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanosphere with Inverted Cone-shaped Pore Structure. Appl. Energy 2020, 264, 114637: 1-11.
• WH Li, Y Liu, MC Mu, FS Ding, ZM Liu, XW Guo*, CS Song*. Organic Acid-assisted Preparation of Highly Dispersed Co/ZrO2 Catalysts with Superior Activity for CO2 Methanation. Appl. Catal. B: Env. 2019, 254, 531-540.
• X Jiang, XW Nie, XX Wang, HZ Wang, N Koizumi, YG Chen, XW Guo, CS Song*. Origin of Pd-Cu Bimetallic Effect for Synergetic Promotion of Methanol Formation from CO2 Hydrogenation. J. Catal. 2019, 369, 21-32.

  WH Li, GH Zhang, X Jiang, Y Liu, J Zhu, FS Ding, ZM Liu, XW Guo*, CS Song*. CO2 Hydrogenation on Unpromoted and M-Promoted Co/TiO2 Catalysts (M = Zr, K, Cs): Effects of Crystal Phase of Supports and Metal–Support Interaction on Tuning Product Distribution. ACS Catal. 2019, 9 (4), 2739-2751.

• XW Nie, X Jiang, HZ Wang, WJ Luo, MJ Janik, YG Chen, XW Guo*, CS Song*. Mechanistic Understanding of Alloy Effect and Water Promotion for Pd-Cu Bimetallic Catalysts in CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 4873-4892.
• YW Sun, Y Liu*, J Caro, XW Guo, CS Song*. In-Plane Epitaxial Growth of Highly c-Oriented NH2-MIL-125(Ti) Membranes with Superior H2/CO2 Selectivity. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 16088-16093.
• T Zhang, D Zhang, XH Han, T Dong, XW Guo, CS Song, R Si*, W Liu, YF Liu*, ZK Zhao*. Preassembly Strategy to Fabricate Porous Hollow Carbonitride Spheres Inlaid with Single Cu–N3 Sites for Selective Oxidation of Benzene to Phenol. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (49), 16936-16940.
• SF An, GH Zhang, T Wang, W Zhang, KY Li*, CS Song, JT Miller, S Miao, J Wang, XW Guo*. High-density Ultra-small Clusters and Single-atom Fe Sites Embedded in Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4) for Highly Efficient Catalytic Advanced Oxidation Processes. ACS Nano 2018, 12 (9), 9441-9450.
• WH Li, XW Nie, X Jiang, AF Zhang, FS Ding, M Liu, Z Liu, XW Guo*, CS Song*. ZrO2 Support Imparts Superior Activity and Stability of Co Catalysts for CO2 Methanation. Appl. Catal. B: Env. 2018, 220, 397-408.
• CY Dai, AF Zhang, M Liu, L Gu, XW Guo*, CS Song*. Hollow Alveolus-Like Nanovesicle Assembly with Metal-Encapsulated Hollow Zeolite Nanocrystals. ACS Nano 2016, 10, 7401-7408.
• X Jiang, N Koizumi, XW Guo, CS Song*. Bimetallic Pd-Cu catalysts for selective CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. Appl. Catal. B: Env. 2015, 170, 173-185.
• CY Dai, AF Zhang, M Liu, XW Guo*, CS Song*. Hollow ZSM-5 with Silicon-Rich Surface, Double Shells, and Functionalized Interior with Metallic Nanoparticles and Carbon Nanotubes. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2015, 25 (48). 7479-7487.
• CY Dai, SH Zhang, AF Zhang, M Liu, XW Guo*, CS Song*. Hollow Zeolite Encapsulated Ni-Pt Bimetals for Sintering and Coking Resistant Dry Reforming of Methane. J. Mater. Chem. A. 2015, 3, 6461-16468.
• CY Dai, AF Zhang, LL Li, KK Hou, FS Ding, J Li, DY Mu, CS Song*, M Liu, XW Guo*. Synthesis of Hollow Nanocubes and Macroporous Monoliths of Silicalite-1 by Alkaline Treatment. Chem. Mater. 2013, 25, 4197-4205.
• J Kugai, JT Miller, N Guo, CS Song*. Role of Metal Components in Pd-Cu Bimetallic Catalysts Supported on CeO2 for the Oxygen-enhanced Water Gas Shift. Appl. Catal. B: Env. 2011, 105 (5), 306-316.
• S Vasireddy, B Morreale, A Cugini, CS Song, JJ Spivey*. Clean Liquid Fuels from Direct Coal Liquefaction: Chemistry, Catalysis, Technological Status and Challenges. Energy Env. Sci. 2011, 4, 311-345.
• XX Wang, XL Ma, SQ Zhao, B Wang, CS Song*. Nanoporous Molecular Basket Sorbent for NO2 and SO2 Capture Based on Polyethylene Glycol-Loaded Mesoporous Molecular Sieve. Energy Environ. Sci. 2009, 2 (8), 878-882.
• XL Ma, XX Wang, CS Song*. “Molecular Basket” Sorbents for Separation of CO2 and H2S from Various Gas Streams. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 5777-5783.